scram

🇺🇸 /skræm/ 🇬🇧 /skræm/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

To go away quickly, often because you're scared or in trouble.

When the teacher entered, the students scrammed from the classroom.

R

To move using your hands and feet, especially when it's hard to do.

She had to scramble to climb the steep hill.

translation

v. To go away quickly, often because you're scared or in trouble.; To move using your hands and feet, especially when it's hard to do.

Word Forms

3rd Present scrams
Past scrammed
Perfect scrammed
Progressive scramming

Synonyms